This isn't a trend that is exclusive to Philadelphia. On Monday, Fox Sports laid off nearly 20 reporters in a move that completely eliminated columns and stories from their website in favor of sharable video segments. ESPN also let go nearly 100 employees in April in a round of layoffs that claimed some high-profile journalists, including NFL reporters Ed Werder and John Clayton, baseball analyst Jayson Stark, and basketball reporter Marc Stein. The layoffs also gutted the network's hockey's coverage by letting go longtime NHL writers Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun.

Reporters and media personalities took to Twitter on Wednesday afternoon to lament the departure of two more reporters from CSN:

Perspective:

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